I love this sci-fi: Swimming Microrobots Deliver Cancer-fighting Drugs to Metastatic Lung Tumors in Mice

[Maxone73]

we are getting better and better…

“The nanoparticles are made of tiny biodegradable polymer spheres, which are loaded with the chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin and coated with red blood cell membranes.”

today.ucsd.edu/story/swimmi...

[NPfisherman]

Maximus,

I have also been a fan of nanotechnology delivery... and the freaking science--love it:

The nanoparticles are made of tiny biodegradable polymer spheres, which are loaded with the chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin and coated with red blood cell membranes. This coating serves a critical function: it protects the nanoparticles from the immune system, allowing them to stay in the lungs long enough to exert their anti-tumor effects. “It acts as a camouflage,” said study co-first author Zhengxing Li, who is a nanoengineering Ph.D. student in both Wang and Zhang’s research groups. “This coating makes the nanoparticle look like a red blood cell from the body, so it will not trigger an immune response.”

Camouflage the nanoparticles from the immune system allowing them the time needed to circulate and infiltrate the tumor....

Just the kind of thing that we need to deal with micrometastases.....hmmm

Thanks for posting...

Don Pescado